1968 Map of Coats

About this map

The town of Coats serves as the focal point of this Pratt County landscape, situated along the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad line. The map illustrates a late-1960s agricultural and industrial environment where several regional watercourses converge, including the South Fork Ninnescah River, Sand Creek, and the East Branch. Local industry is evidenced by numerous resource extraction sites such as an active Silica Pit, multiple Oil Well locations, and gravel pits scattered across the townships of Richland, Center, Grant, and Elm. For genealogical research, the Coats Cem is clearly marked just north of the village. The presence of a Gaging Station on the river and a complex network of branching creeks like North Branch Elm Cr reveals the hydrological importance of this plains region.